reviews
Alex G Kept the Mystery Alive in Toronto
History, November 5
PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2022
In the middle of his set in Toronto on Saturday night, Alex Giannascoli, who performs under the name Alex G, began to croon the opening lin...
'Crows Are White' Is Perfectly Imperfect
Directed by Ahsen Nadeem
PUBLISHED Nov 5, 2022
Crows Are White examines the ascetic lives of Buddhist monks living on a mountain near Kyoto, Japan — but rather than the deferential tone...
Phoenix Party Like It's 2009 on 'Alpha Zulu'
PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2022
What's the opposite of indie sleaze? Indie wholesomeness? Whatever it is, that's what Phoenix are: an aughts indie throwback with all of th...
'Armageddon Time' Loses Sight of Its Own Message
Directed by James Gray
PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2022
Race, privilege and class take a front seat in James Gray's Armageddon Time that boldly attempts to serve as a coming-of-age story, but wit...
Holly Humberstone Broke Through the Haze in Toronto
Axis Club, November 3
PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2022
There was an exceptional layer of fog hanging over Toronto when Holly Humberstone came to town. It was nearly that bad British weather on t...
Netflix's 'Blockbuster' Has Fun Dancing on the Grave of the Business It Destroyed
Created by Vanessa Ramos
PUBLISHED Nov 3, 2022
In 2021, the workplace sitcoms Kim's Convenience, Superstore and Brooklyn Nine-Nine all came to an end — and now Blockbuster is here to fil...
'Good Night Oppy' Is a Heartfelt NASA Recruitment Commercial
Directed by Ryan White
PUBLISHED Nov 3, 2022
For the depths of space that humans aren't yet able to travel to, thank goodness there are rovers to create, spend nearly a billion dollars...
'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story' Commits to the Bit
Directed by Eric Appel
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2022
When making a film about a parodist, what could be more honest than turning it into a parody of the biopic genre itself? Weird: The Al Yank...